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Pre-bleeding the brake caliper > < Assembly overview of the rear brake caliper

Fabia Mk1

Removing and installing the rear brake caliper piston
Removing and installing the rear brake caliper piston
Special tools and workshop equipment required
t  Resetting tool -T 10165 -
t  Disassembly wedge -3409-
t  Bleeding bottle (commercially available)
t  Lithium grease -G 052 150 A2-
t  Brake fluid → Chapter
Removing:
   
–  Insert the resetting tool -T 10165 - in such a way that the collar is resting on the piston.
–  Release the piston by turning the knurled wheel of the resetting tool -T 10165 - to the left.
t  Use open-jawed spanner on a provided spanner surface -arrow A- if the piston is difficult to move.
  Note
Make sure that the cylinder surface is not damaged when removing the gasket ring.
  S47-0089
–  Remove gasket ring with disassembly wedge -3409-.
Installing:
–  Clean piston and gasket ring with white spirits and dry off.
–  Before installing the piston and gasket ring in the brake caliper housing thinly coat with lithium grease -G 052 150 A2-.
–  Insert new gasket ring in the brake caliper housing.
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–  Position the new protective cap with the outer sealing lip on the piston.
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–  Insert inner sealing lip of the protective cap with disassembly wedge -3409 - in the groove of the cylinder.
   To do so hold the piston with the hand.
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–  Insert resetting tool -T 10165 -.
   The collar -arrow A- must rest on the brake caliper.
  Note
t  Use open-jawed spanner on a provided spanner surface -arrow A- if the piston is difficult to move.
t  The automatic adjustment in the brake caliper is destroyed when adjusting the piston with a piston resetting jig or by actuating the foot brake.
–  Screw in piston by turning the knurled wheel to the right.
–  Insert brake pads.
  S47-0090

Pre-bleeding the brake caliper > < Assembly overview of the rear brake caliper